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The ‘4th Conference on the Cold Chain for Health Products’, November 26/27, 2014 in Lyon, France

13 November 2014

Gathering together the many participants in the cold
chain via debates and conferences: this is the purpose of the ‘Conference on the Cold Chain for Health Products’, a seminar on
the cold chain for healthcare products.

The ‘4th Conference on the Cold Chain for Health Products’: what is on the agenda?

6 subcommittees
comprising some fifty members (suppliers of cold chain equipment, healthcare
professionals, metrologists, etc.) will be taking part this year:

We will be
taking part in the sessions ‘The Last Mile’ and ‘Sustainable Development’ (we
will also be chairing this subcommittee). These are two subjects that are very
important to us!

The Last Mile: what are the
solutions and best practices for safeguarding the transit of medicinal products
until they are administered to the patient?

For more than 5
years, we have invested in a programme of support for healthcare
establishments in order to ensure that healthcare professionals are aware
of the importance of safeguarding heat-sensitive healthcare products until they
are administered to the patient. We will be providing a variety of
recommendations during the ‘Conference on
the Cold Chain for Health Products’.

Sustainable Development: how can we
significantly reduce the environmental impact of transporting healthcare
products throughout the entire supply chain?

We quickly turned our attention to this problem in conjunction with our business activity as a manufacturer of insulated shipping packaging systems and we have come up with solutions: ecologically-sound design of temperature controlled packaging solutions, reduction of the weight of the packaging solutions, implementation of a recycling programme and many more.

In order to reduce CO2 emissions and the energy consumption caused by the transport of medicinal products via the cold chain, all the players must get involved (laboratories, hospitals, clinics and pharmacies).

A brief look back at the ‘Conference on the Cold Chain’?

The ‘Cold Chain for Health Products’ seminar is
organised on the initiative of the AFF ("Association Française du Froid"[The French Refrigeration Association]) and
the SFSTP ("Société Française des Sciences et Techniques Pharmaceutiques" [The French Society for Pharmaceutical
Sciences and Technology]), chaired respectively by Gérald Cavalier and
Vincent Boudy. The first ‘Conference
on the Cold Chain for Health Products’’ seminar was held in 2008. Since then, each event has been marked by success!

In 2012, the
3rd seminar was host to more than 220 participants – representatives of
everyone involved in the cold chain – and 15 exhibitors. We showed a
documentary film, shot at the Hospital Center in Arras (62), concerning the bad
and good practices applied to every link in the cold chain. The published
information was appreciated for its effectiveness and its relevance.